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FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1988

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IS

INDICTMENT OF THE MITYANEW (REUTERS): IF YOU FEEL IT IS AN SYSTEM THAT THESE REFUGEES DON'T WANT TO GO BACK, WHAT DO YOU FEEL THE SYSTEM THAT INTENDS TO SEND THEM BACK?

UNTIL WE THEM BACK HAVE

LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, THE SITUATION WOULD NOT OCCUR

VIETNAM ΤΟ TAKE HAVE ACTUALLY GOT AN EXCHANGE SYSTEM IN PROPERLY. I MEAN THE NUMBERS THAT HAVE GONE BACK UP TO NOW VERY SMALL. A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RESETTLEMENT HAS TAKEN PLACE.

AND IMPROVED BEEN INCREDIBLY SLOW. WE WANT TO SEE IT IMPROVED UNTIL THE SITUATION IN VIETNAM HAS IMPROVED AND WILL GO BACK UNDER SUITABLE SAFEGUARDS AND CONDITIONS.-

BEEN IT HAS

IT WON'T BE THEN PEOPLE

THE MOMENT WHICH IS AND THAT IS WHY

BUT THE FACT IS WE HAVE A SYSTEM NOW AT WHOLLY UNTENABLE. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE WANT TO LEAVE THEY ARE PREPARED, AS A LADY IN THE FRONT ROW SAID, TO BE STAY HERE IN THE SORT OF CONDITIONS WHICH WE HAVE FOR AS TAKES.

CONTENT TO LONG AS IT

SYSTEM? I MEAN

?

LEO DOBBS: DOES THAT APPLY TO EVERY COMMUNIST WOULD IT BE OKAY TO SEND BACK SOME SOVIETS IF THEY STARTED.

LORD GLENARTHUR: SHALL WE DEAL WITH ONE SUBJECT AT A ARE TALKING ABOUT VIETNAM.

TIME? WE

SAID THAT DURING YOU TALKS WITH BETTY LIU (TVB): YOU CHINESE, YOU WERE TOLD THAT VIETNAMESE PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY TO HONG KONG. CAN SITUATION?

LORD GLENARTHUR:

THE

WERE GIVEN ASSISTANCE YOU TELL US WHAT EXACTLY IS THE

SAID I DID NOT SAY THAT, WITH RESPECT. WHAT I

RECEIVING SOME WAS THAT IT WAS A CONCERN THAT CERTAIN BOATS HAD BEEN

THE VIETNAMESE PORTS THAT SORT OF SUSTENANCE ON THEIR JOURNEY FROM

FACTS AREN'T KNOWN, POLICE, SO TO

SERIOUSLY.

WOULD

THEY HAVE LEFT TO HONG KONG AND THAT WHILST THE IT IS A VERY LONG COASTLINE, A DIFFICULT COASTLINE TO SPEAK. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TOOK THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE FULL FACTS. THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT AND THEY SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO TO HELP.

BETTY LIŲ: WERE THEY GIVEN ASSISTANCE BY THE CHINESE OR WHAT?

IS RATHER

THAT HERE,

HELP NOT SURE

HAVE DIFFICULT SORT OF IS BEING PRECISELY AND THEY

LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, I MEAN CLEARLY SOME OF THESE BOATS BEEN STOPPING. NOW THE NATURE OF THE ASSISTANCE TO COME BY. BUT PEOPLE HAVE COT FOOD ON THE WAY THING. I AM NOT SUGGESTING FOR A MINUTE THAT OFFICIAL GIVEN, BUT THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES ARE OBVIOUSLY WHAT IS HAPPENING THEMSELVES. THEY SAID THEY'D LOOK INTO IT WOULD DO WHAT THEY COULD TO HELP.

/BETTY LIU: